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Council approves multiple licenses; extends bakery license after enforcement concerns
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Summary
Council approved several special-event and food-service licenses (Upper Deck Baseball Academy, Blackstone Valley Garden Club, McCumberland Public Library music nights, AdaptX 5K, Ashton Color Run) and granted a two‑week extension for a third‑class victualing‑house license at 1181 High Street while citing prior nonpermitted work.
During its March 18 meeting, the Cumberland Town Council approved a slate of licenses and voted to extend action on a troubled victualing-house license.
Licenses approved included a first‑class victualing-house license for Upper Deck Baseball Academy LLC at 75 John C. Dean Memorial Boulevard. Jeff Lyons, speaking for the applicant, described a limited menu prepared on air fryers with items such as chicken tenders, pizza and smoothies and noted plans to offer beer and wine. Councilors questioned layout and kitchen plans; the applicant confirmed a small kitchen/bar area behind the bar and the license passed 5–2.
The council also approved special-event entertainment licenses for the Blackstone Valley Garden Club’s annual plant sale (May 16, pending insurance), McCumberland Public Library music nights at the monastery (June–Aug dates), the AdaptX Inc. 5K (June 6 at Cumberland High School), and the Ashton School Association Color Run (May 1, rain date May 8). Each of those passed unanimously where recorded, subject to standard permit/insurance conditions.
Separately, council debated another renewal for a third-class victualing-house license for Rose's (doing business as Julien’s Italian Bakery) at 1181 High Street. Councilors expressed frustration over repeated extensions and an absence of the applicant at the meeting; staff advised nonpermitted work at the site related to separate businesses at that location and said the issues had appeared corrected. The council voted to extend consideration of that license to April 1, 2026, by a roll-call vote of 6–1 (Councilor Suite opposed), and asked the administration to notify the applicant that further extensions may be the last.
